The
IVEC Best Student Paper Award was introduced at IVEC 2004 to recognize
and promote exceptional student contributions to the field.

IVEC 2009 will continue the tradition of selecting an outstanding,
student-authored and
student-presented paper for the honour of "Best Student Paper Award".
Eligible papers are those with a student as the principle author and
presenter. Students are considered as individuals pursuing a
baccalaureate or graduate degree at the time of the conference or
during the past year when the work was completed.

After ranking by the Technical Program Committee, four to six student papers
are selected for finalist consideration. Finalist students will present
a 10 minute synopsis talk on their work in a special session during the
conference, and from these brief summary talks a winner will be
selected.